I am sure you have heard the saying, when it rains it pours; well this fits my life right now. I have so many things going on which is pulling me in all directions. The only thing that I want to be doing are playing with all my new product…. How can I add more hours to the day????

Well I have been able to create a few things. Since I am hosting an Open House and Card Workshop to celebrate the new Autumn/Winter idea book my first order of business has been designing cards for the workshop. I am going to share two of them with you today.

This card featured the Babycakes paper, the Wild Wonders Stamp Set and the new Bronze Shimmer Trim.

This Card is featuring the Frosted Paper line.

If you are in the Spokane area and would like to come to My Open House or would like to participate in the Card Workshop on August 7th at the North Spokane Library from 6-9 pm, here are the details:

Please join Stephanie Feist and myself for a fabulous night of card making. We will make 10 beautiful cards using papers from the new Close to My Heart Idea Book. You will learn to use a variety of different techniques. A light snacks will be served. The cost for this workshop is $20 and needs to be prepaid to either Stephanie or myself to hold you spot! Want to earn a FREE workshop? Purchase any of the 3 Close to My Heart Cricut Cartridges (Art Philosophy, Artise or Artbooking) between July 1 and July 31 and your workshop is FREE.

The Open House will take place at the same time so even if you don’t want to make cards, stop by and check out all the new Close to My Heart products. We will have a small make n’ take and giveaways. Earn an opportunity for FREE paper packs and other product for placing an order. Every $25 spent gives you one ticket for the giveaway. Spend $150 that night and walk away with $25 in FREE product and the FREE Stamp of the Month.

I feel like I have been glued to my computer today and that is not a bad thing when you are wanting to learn what exciting new products are coming form CTMH. I cannot wait so actually get my hands on the new catalog!!! I have been able to look at it online and hear about what is going on at the CTMH Convention. Can I just say how envious I am of all the consultants who were able to go. Maybe next year….

There are a lot of great new products come out in the Fall/Winter idea book. Here are some of the highlights:

Six new paper packs

Laughing Lola

Sarita

ProPlayer

Babycakes

Huntington

Frosted

Base & Bling – Jewelry and wearable artwork

New Cricut cartridge – Artbooking

Hostess Rewards Stamp Sets

10 WOTG – 6 scrapbooking, 2 cards, 1 using the Base & Bling and one using Designed Décor frames

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Below is a preview of what I will be offering this fall to coincide with the new catalog. I will be having an open house so you can come preview some of the new products as a Scrapbook Club on August 21st at 6:30. You will be able to create a Scrapbook layout like we will be doing in the club. I will not be charging anything for this event, so be sure to save the date.

1) Scrapbook Club – I will be holding this the third Tuesday of every month starting officially September 18th at 6:30 pm. We will create a 2-page scrapbook layout each month. In return you will need to commit to purchasing $25 in CTMH product. This will be a six-month commitment whether you attend or not. Each month we will rotate who will be the “Host” and earn $25 in free product. Please let me know if you are interested in participating as we need six members.

2) Workshops on the Go – as you look through the new catalog you will see there are a lot of great workshops! I will host one a month and the dates will be determined later. The way these will work is you will have to purchase the WOTG prior to the scheduled date. We will then get together to assemble the workshop. I will have all the inks and stamp sets that are listed to use on the WOTG.

September we will do the Avonlea Scrapbook kit

October we will do the Moonlight Scrapbook kit

November we will do the Advent Calendar Kit

December we will do the Pear & Partridge card making Kit and/or Scrapbook kit

January we will do Dakota Scrapbook kit

February we will do Clementine Scrapbook kit

3) Workshops – I will also be hosting a workshop each month where we will be making different craft items.

Card work shop – we will create 10 cards for different occasion

Recipe/Photo box workshop

Gift Tag work shop – we will make 25 gift tags for Christmas

Frame workshop

If you know anyone who may be interested in attending please feel free to pass this information along or let me know and I can send it to them directly. Please let me know if you wish to participate and any of the above events so I can reserve your spot.

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I was planning on posting this two days ago but it is hard to find a few minutes to sit at the computer and type with ten month old. I was able to spend some time looking at the Fall/Winter 2012 idea book and I am so excited!!! My wish list is a mile long. I will try and give you all some of the big highlights.

There is a new Cricut cartridge called Artiste!!

There are 62 new stamp sets – 10 coordinate with the Art of Philosophy and 15 coordinate with Artiste.

Phew, I think that covers most of the new things. Are you excited yet???

I wanted you all to know that they are discontinuing some of the inks so if you want any of the following colors be sure to order before then end of July.

grey flannel

grey wool

brown bag

parchment

vanilla cream

amethyst

baby pink

heavenly blue

key lime

lilac mist

sunkiss yellow

taffy

dutch blue

holiday red

moonstruck

sunflower

sunny yellow

garden green

petal

spring iris

tulip

vineyard berry

garnet

pansy purple

I should receive my catalogs next week. You will be able to start purchasing the new items August 1. I am working on the workshops and clubs I will be offering starting in August, so be on the look out for an update on that in about a week.

Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions

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About Me

My name is Catherine (Cat) Nowak and I am a Close To My Heart Independent Consultant, a full time mom to a wonderful little boy and wife to my best friend and husband of 15 years. Prior to becoming a mom I was a practicing veterinarian, I do hope to return to practicing but for now I am enjoying being a mom and consultant for Close to My Heart. I have always been creative and became addicted to scrapbooking over 13 years ago. I was actually scrapbooking as far back as 1988 but I did not know it was an actual hobby until 2002. Once I discovered all the fun techniques and tools I was hooked and there was no turning back.

We currently reside in Arvada, CO but it was while living in Spokane, WA in 2011 I was introduced to Close To My Heart and soon became a consultant as I was so impressed with their products. The quality and selection of papers, embellishments and the My Acrylix® stamps are quite remarkable. Crafting is my passion and is my mental therapy. I love making all kinds of paper crafts – cards, scrapbooking, home decor, etc. I also love teaching and sharing new techniques to friends both near and far. I enjoy sharing my work on line and holding workshops, creating page kits and designing custom cards for clients.

Let me know if I can inspire you or help you with your creative inspirations. Please contact me if I can help you in anyway at catscrapbooking@gmail.com

~Cat

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